Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
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Russ Meyer. Russell Albion Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. He is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful sexploitation films that featured campy humor, sly satire and large-breasted women, such as Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.
Russ Meyer. Director: Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. Russell Albion Meyer was born in San Leandro, California, to Lydia Lucinda (Hauck), a nurse, and William Arthur Meyer, a police officer, who divorced during his childhood.
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- 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' (1965) "Dialog to shame Raymond Chandler" "The point is of no return, and you've reached it!" Faster, Pussycat! represents the pinnacle of Meyer's exploitation powers.
- 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls' (1970) The cult classic to beat all cult classics. "Step into my web said the spider, etcetera." A spoof of the original Valley of the Dolls, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls was written by Roger Ebert as a psychedelic and irreverent take on the music industry and Hollywood excess.
- 'Supervixens' (1975) A classic of camp cinema. "What you need is a long fuse and a big bang." Supervixens chronicles the adventures of Clint Ramsey (Charles Pitts), a gas station attendant who finds himself pursued by various demanding and hypersexual women, all of whom have "Super" in their name: SuperAngel (Shari Eubank), SuperSoul (Uschi Digard), SuperLorna (Christy Hartburg), SuperCherry (Colleen Brennan), and SuperEula (Deborah McGuire).
- 'Vixen!' (1968) The quintessential Meyers movie. The tongue-in-cheek, taboo-smashing Vixen! revolves around Vixen Palmer (Erica Gavin), who lives with her bush pilot husband, Tom (Garth Pillsbury), at a Canadian wilderness resort.
Russ Meyer. Director: Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. Russell Albion Meyer was born in San Leandro, California, to Lydia Lucinda (Hauck), a nurse, and William Arthur Meyer, a police officer, who divorced during his childhood. His parents were both of German descent. Meyer began winning prizes at 15 with his amateur films. He spent World War II in Europe as a combat cameraman. After the ...
- March 21, 1922
- September 18, 2004
Oct 5, 2022 · Oct. 5, 2022. Kitten Natividad, who brought audacity and ample physical attributes to some of the final films of Russ Meyer, whose over-the-top sexploitation movies acquired a certain cachet in ...
Russ Meyer busts sleazy stereotype. Roger Ebert November 15, 1985. Tweet. Kitten Natividad and Russ Meyer. At Christmas time last year, as he has every year since her death, Russ Meyer went to visit his mother's grave. On trips around the country, he often visits the gravesides of old Army buddies, and those who are still living can count on a ...
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Sep 23, 2004 · Russ Meyer, whose 1960's fantasy films about the antics of giant-breasted, often assertive women were among the first "nudies" to have a story line but who later flirted with respectability when ...
